I can only speak for the UK.
A GB licence is indeed valid anywhere in the EU, and since Slovenia joined
the EU last year, this means that your licence is valid. (I _assume_ that a
Northern Ireland one is also, but you'd need to check with the NI licencing
office - see below)
References
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/drvinothercountries.htm
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/eu.html
You should, however, check with your insurers that your cover includes
travel European for the whole of Europe, since if you are driving to
Slovenia from the UK, you'll probably pass through at least France, Germany
and Austria en route. My own insurers will issue a "Green Card" (proof to
local authorities throughout Europe that you have insurance) free of charge,
but I typically need to give about two weeks' notice to get that issued.
Other insurers charge a fee.
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Note to Americans and others confused about the terms "GB and UK", and why
they are different from each other and different again from "England."
Historically (a long time ago), there were many individual Kingdoms on the
"British Isles".
- The term "British Isles" refers the bunch of islands of which Britain and
Ireland are the largest.
- The term "Great Britain" refers to the largest of those islands, being a
mis-translation of "Grand Bretagne" as opposed to "Little Britain -
Britanny", which is part of France. (If you remember, Great Britain was
conqurered by France in 1066, but the French who conquered fell out with the
French who stayed in France a few hundred years later) The term Bretagne,
now spelled Britain, is French. Great Britain is commonly abbreviated to GB.
- The three "countries" within Great Briain are England (the southern),
Scotland (the northern) and Wales (the bit that juts out to the west).
There are no common abbreviations for these names. They merged from a bunch
of smaller kingdoms over the past 2000 years, and then merged into a single
political union a few hundred years ago, with the King of Scotland taking
over the English throne. In terms of population, England is the largest by
far. There are (just) more people living in London than live in the whole of
Scotland.
- The land mass known as Ireland is divided into two countries. Eire (aka
the Irish Republic) is the larger by far, in the south, and has historically
been Roman Catholic. Northern Ireland is smaller, in the north, and
predominantly Protestant. (Though the south has a Protestant minority, and
the north a Catholic one.)
- The term "UK" is an abbreviation for "The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland". It consists of the countries of England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales, plus many of the smaller islands in the British Isles.
It is the political unit whose parliament in in London, and whose Prime
Minister is Tony Blair.
As part of UK devolution, there are "national parliaments" for Scotland and
Wales, but not England. There is an assembly in Northern Ireland whose
charter changes, and is a compromise between many groups including the
governments of both the UK and Eire. Scotland has a separate legal system,
but England and Wales share a common legal system. Northern Ireland has
broadly the legal system of England and Wales, but many civil service
functions are implemented differently. For instance, driving licences for
England, Scotland and Wales are administered by the DVLA in Wales, but
Northern Ireland has its own driving licencing authority, and indeed
different rules for driving!
Most people don't understand this - and unless you were born here, the
differences can appear bizarre. Considering that the route cause of some of
the naming problems happened 939 years ago, I can empathise :-)
Regards,
Mark Harrison
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Carrera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 1:22 AM
Subject: [Marketing] IRC logs posted.
> Greetings all,
>
> Well, the IRC talk at 19:00 UTC went quite well. The talk was
> interesting, and the subsequent talk was very productive. You can get
> the logs at the usual place:
>
> http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/
>
>
> It looks like OOoCon2005 will be fantastic. We're all very excited about
> it. It'll be a relaxed atmosphere with a beautiful scenery. The
> conference rooms have a view of the ocean and all. The conference
> schedule looks great, and there will be lots of fun things to do after
> hours.
>
> A few things of note:
>
> * CALL FOR PAPERS!!
>
> We need speakers. Everyone is encouraged to submit a talk. If you love
> OOo we want to hear all about it. :-)
> http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/cfp.html
>
> * ACCOMODATIONS
>
> For people who like tents, we found a camp ground where you can stay for
> reasoanble prices. Here's the website:
> http://www.teni.si/adria/pricelist.htm
>
> * DRIVING IN SLOVENIA
>
> Some people asked if their drivers license (German/Bulgarian/etc) was
> valid in Slovenia. We guessed that it "probably is" but we didn't get a
> confirmation. If you can confirm or deny this, please give a shout.
>
> * SPONSORSHIP
>
> OOoCon2005 doesn't come free :-) We need people or companies to sponsor
> the event.
> http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/sponsorship.html
>
> * OTHER LINKS
>
> http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/slovenia/index.htm &&
> http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/intro/
> http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/
>
> Next IRC talk
> -------------
>
> Next time, Hristo will be telling us about his experience starting the
> Bulgarian NL project.
>
> Title: Life of one NL project
>
> We'll get to hear about Hristo and his experience with the Bulgaria NL.
> He'll talk about the experience of starting a project, difficulties
> encountered and their solutions, and finally, talk about plans for the
> future.
>
> I think this talk will be a good learning opportunity.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
>
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